Others were just about to stop it when, with a bang, the kitchen knife was smashed to pieces.
The White Wolf gathered up the fragments in its mouth, silently lay back down on the ground, and tucked them away.
Liu Bufan cleared his throat and explained, "Don't worry, it has the cultivation of an Immortal Venerable, so it's as tough as nails."
Everyone else in the room stared at each other in bewilderment. You master and servant—no, you two, one man and one dog—are really playing wild.
"Though come to think of it, this silly dog isn't completely useless. It's actually quite handy for hunting and catching fish when we need to."
With that, Liu Bufan smiled, as if recalling some pleasant memory.
Before long, Jiang Wan'er was already sitting beside Liu Bufan, gently resting her head on his shoulder, while the White Wolf sidled over and curled up at his feet.
"During the first few years after I was transmigrated to that world, I was all alone and had no cultivation. The White Wolf and I depended on each other for survival. At first, I took care of it, but after it learned how to hunt, things became a bit easier for me.
"On countless nights by the campfire, I would tell it what our world was like, how I came to be here, and how in another world, there was a silly girl who regarded me as her life and was waiting for me."
Hearing this, tears welled up in Jiang Wan'er's eyes and spilled over uncontrollably.
Jiang Cheng and Bai Moli exchanged glances, then sensibly got up and walked out of the room.
"The reason I often call it a silly dog is because once when I got sick and needed proper nutrition to recover, it actually hunted down a takin for me that was more than ten times its size and fiercely aggressive. Its belly had been pierced right through by the beast's horns.
"There were also several other times when it fought wild beasts, risking its life every single time.
"Later on, as we met more people and gathered more subordinates, the White Wolf grew old."
The White Wolf chimed in:
"To get a life-prolonging pill for me, my master agreed to serve as a menial laborer for a minor sect for ten years! A dog's life-prolonging pill isn't like a human's; it doesn't actually cost much. But precisely because of that, my master and I were able to step into the cultivation world."
As it spoke, it stood right up:
"After five years as a laborer, my master had already cultivated to the level of a mortal Grandmaster. When the ten years were up, my master broke through to become a Martial Saint!
"Returning to our mountain stronghold to seek enlightenment on his own, my master successfully achieved Qi Condensation. In less than a century, my master was already a Nascent Soul Ancestor!
"After that, he battled a hundred ghosts, wiped out evil cultivators, and struck down Tribulation Transcendence monsters, ascending to become an Immortal!
"Next, he led us all the way through the Immortal Realm, ultimately securing the throne of Immortal Emperor. Then he opened up a path between the Immortal and mortal realms, making an unparalleled contribution to all cultivators!
"Most eye-catching of all was that epic battle against the Demon Emperor of the Demon Sect, which lasted for a full two hundred years and spanned three planes!
"Having spent over eight thousand years with my master, this dog's life is without regret!"
Seeing the White Wolf grow increasingly emotional, trembling all over, and even grinding its teeth, Liu Bufan glanced around at the few remaining intact pieces of furniture in the room and efficiently gave the wolf a kick:
"Control yourself!"
Jiang Wan'er completely lost her emotional defense in the face of this sudden kick.
Doggy looked at Liu Bufan with a deeply aggrieved expression. True, he had indeed felt the urge to use this house to test his teeth and liven things up a bit, but he hadn't actually done it yet, had he?
So Master, has your love really shifted so obviously?
Seeing those doggy eyes darting around frantically, Liu Bufan knew it was plotting something no good. Just as he was about to discipline it, Jiang Wan'er clapped her hands:
"Darling, since the White Wolf has magical power, can't you have it go find your younger brother and sister? That way we won't have to wait until you merge with your other avatars to seek revenge!"
Liu Bufan slapped his forehead:
"Ah, right! Why didn't I think of that?"
He shot a glare at Doggy:
"This is all your fault for angering me!"
The White Wolf: ???
"How much magical power do you have left?"
"Master, I still have one percent of my peak magical power. My spiritual sense can only cover a radius of about two thousand kilometers, and my sense of smell currently only has a search range of one thousand kilometers."
"Why are you so useless?"
The White Wolf: ???
"Never mind. Once I merge with my avatars, I'll restore you to your peak. Just make do for now—two thousand kilometers should be enough."
"But Master, I don't know what His Highness Pengyuan and Her Highness Duoduo look like."
"Did I ever tell you before that my younger brother and I are twins?"
"Uh, I think you did. Ah, ah, ah, Master, put the knife down! I'll look right now!"
Watching the master and servant, Jiang Wan'er covered her mouth and smiled. It seemed her husband hadn't had such a bad time in that world after all, and she could finally rest easy.
"Search for Pengyuan first. I don't have any photos or personal items for Duoduo, so we'll just have to wait for my other avatars."
With that, the White Wolf closed its eyes, and a vast spiritual sense spread out from the dog's body.
Yet after a short while, the more Liu Bufan and Jiang Wan'er watched the White Wolf's expression, the stranger it became. Why did it look like a total simp?
Liu Bufan slapped it to the floor, and Doggy instantly snapped back to reality:
"Well, this, this, this, that..."
"What on earth did you see to make you look like such a simp?"
Doggy looked deeply embarrassed and lowered its head.
"Hey, you little punk, are you actually putting on an act for me now? Since when do you get shy?"
"Master, there's a dog beauty pageant in the neighboring city, and there's a Doberman Pinscher that is exceptionally pretty~"
Jiang Wan'er looked at Liu Bufan in utter bewilderment. Liu Bufan looked completely helpless and pointed at the White Wolf, saying:
"It's still a virgin dog."
Jiang Wan'er looked completely shocked. A true eight-thousand-year single dog? And soon to be promoted to a ten-thousand-year single dog?
The White Wolf knew the priorities. Flirting with female dogs could wait for later; its master's affairs would always be Doggy's highest priority.
Besides, after eight thousand years as a single dog, it couldn't really count on that working out anyway.
Thus, its vast spiritual sense spread out once more. Within a radius of two thousand kilometers, everything that happened was under Doggy's observation. However, Doggy had a conscience, and any obviously NSFW scenes were heavily censored—the kind you couldn't watch even if you bought a VIP subscription.
After a short while, Doggy withdrew from the search, shook its head at Liu Bufan, and said:
"Master, with me at the center, I didn't find any trace of His Highness Pengyuan. This world seems to have already entered the Age of Dharma Ending. Apart from potential secret realms that my spiritual sense can't penetrate, cultivators are truly pitifully scarce. There are barely any within a two-kilometer—err, two-thousand-kilometer range. Though there is a minor cultivator in the basement in the suburbs of our city who is cursing up a storm, demanding someone compensate him for his eggs? How strange."
As the White Wolf was still muttering to herself, Jiang Shanyue happened to return home. Seeing the scene inside the room and a talking dog running its mouth incessantly, he efficiently slapped himself across the face to make sure he wasn't hallucinating—it really was a dog speaking—and then promptly passed out cold with a soft thud.